Bing Crosby

Crooner of White Christmas and first multimedia star

Facts

• Born: 1903
• Country: United States
• Field: Music
• Era: Golden Age

Overview

His recording of White Christmas 1942 became the best selling single of all time, with estimated sales above 50 million copies. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Going My Way 1944 and was nominated again for The Bells of St. Mary 1945. He mastered radio, records, film, and television, and his relaxed crooning set the sound of mid century popular music. He received the first Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1962.